5thbassman Posted July 20, 2012 Posted July 20, 2012 You can't replicate the real thing. plus, 4 of the same signal essentially (4 of the same marimba sample) played at the the same time... it would either be very obvious dirt, or very awkward clean. If you consider then only having one on "marimba" the you loose the sound that's created by 4. Acoustic keyboards are safe. Quote
JayM Posted July 20, 2012 Posted July 20, 2012 An act that should be banned by the Geneva Convention. Ugh, sorry Mike, I accidentally downvoted you. Quote
Michael Boo Posted July 20, 2012 Posted July 20, 2012 Ugh, sorry Mike, I accidentally downvoted you. Well, you know what you have to do next. Quote
JimF-LowBari Posted July 20, 2012 Posted July 20, 2012 (edited) Just had a vision (nightmare?) of bunch of synth players on the field using synths strapped over their necks ala Edgar Winter, Billy Preston and about every Funk group of the mid 70s. If they use the synths with what looks like a guitar neck at the one end they could really do some nasty moves on the field moving the synth with one hand. Edited July 20, 2012 by JimF-LowBari Quote
JamMan Posted July 20, 2012 Posted July 20, 2012 Have you ever played on the current electronic keyboards that most DCI pits already use? THEY SUCK. Major problems in the heat and the touch and quality is VERY VERY difficult to replicate from the acoustic. Yes, tech has come far, but no one in the marching world would ever say that an electronic keyboard is comparable to acoustic vibes and marimbas. I don't know if I'd say the Yamaha Motif "sucks"... Quote
JamMan Posted July 20, 2012 Posted July 20, 2012 Just had a vision (nightmare?) of bunch of synth players on the field using synths strapped over their necks ala Edgar Winter, Billy Preston and about every Funk group of the mid 70s. If they use the synths with what looks like a guitar neck at the one end they could really do some nasty moves on the field moving the synth with one hand. They're called "keytars". Quote
Blackstar Posted July 20, 2012 Posted July 20, 2012 I made a joke last year about starting a corps with 10 key boards and 140 guard members. GE would be off the scale ..... Quote
skywhopper Posted July 20, 2012 Posted July 20, 2012 You can't replicate the real thing. plus, 4 of the same signal essentially (4 of the same marimba sample) played at the the same time... it would either be very obvious dirt, or very awkward clean. If you consider then only having one on "marimba" the you loose the sound that's created by 4. Acoustic keyboards are safe. I guess the question is: do we need marimbas at all given the capabilities of synths. Sure you can't reliably reproduce a marimba sound using synths. But as MarimbaManiac has pointed out in another thread, most music performed these days uses electronics and so should DCI. Following that argument on through very few musical genres use marimba or vibes so why keep using them in drum corps? They aren't required. Better to use the members you would gain out of the put as guard or brass or singers. When will drum corps add a chorus??? Quote
charlie1223 Posted July 20, 2012 Posted July 20, 2012 I don't know if I'd say the Yamaha Motif "sucks"... I would. Well... Out doors in the heat it does! Quote
oldcavie Posted July 20, 2012 Posted July 20, 2012 Cavies already have (unless it's been dropped since Kalamazoo) a segment of their show maybe 10-20 seconds that's essentially if not literally completely scored to a heavily sequenced synth. I wonder what effect it would have on the perc scores if we went from a large pit with a variety of instruments to four or six synth players... Or why not eliminate the contra line in favor of bass on the synth? Would that hurt scores? Those sounds are not sequenced. They are all sampled and triggered by members in the pit. Quote
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